Bicycle-saddle



(No Model.)

A. L. GARFORD BICYCLE SADDLE. I No. 571,113. [Patented No'v. 10, 1896.

1 UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR L. GARFORD, OF ELYRIA, OHIO.

BICYCLE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,1 13, dated November 10, 1896. Application filed March 18, 1895. Renewed September 29, 1896. $erial No. 607,866. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. GARFORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Saddles andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to bicycle-saddles, and particularly to saddles containing a rear seat.- support composed of two substantially parallel arms and a front seat-support also consisting of two parallel arms.

The object of the invention is to provide simple and effective mechanism for adjustably connecting the front and rear seat-supports; and the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved saddle. Fig. 2 is a bottom View thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional front view thereof on line 3 3. Fig. 4 is a front view of block 0, and Fig. 5 is a bottom view-of a modified form of saddle containing my invention.

Referring to the parts by letter, A represents the rear seat-supp0rt; B, the front seatsupport; G, the seat; g, the hook, which is secured to the under side of the front end of the seat, and g the cantle, which is secured to the rear end of the seat.

Therear seat-support consists of two arms a a, which are substantially parallel at and near their front ends; and this parallelism preferably continues to a point behind the clamp F, or its equivalent, by which the saddle is secured to the post. The rear part of this support A is secured to the cant-1e in any suitable manner.

The front ends a a of the arms a aare bent toward each other, and eyes a are formed in these ends. The arms a a may be formed of spring-wire, or they may be made of thin flat steel bars set on edge-that is to say, widest from top to bottom, substantially as shown. Both constructions are well known at this time, and may in this invention be regarded as the equivalents of each other.

The front support B is preferably made of round spring-wire, bent at its middle so as to form a loop 6, with which the hook g engages, and two substantially parallel arms I) b.

D represents a yoke-bar which in the con-- struction shown lies against the front ends a a of the arms a a. In this yoke-bar are two holes d in line with the eyes a in the ends a a. The arms Z7 Z? of the front support pass through the holes d in the yoke D and through the eyes 0. in the ends a a and enter the sockets c c.

A screw E passes through a hole a in the yoke-bar and screws into a threaded opening 0 in the sliding block 0, the head of said screw abutting against the front side of said yoke.

Then the parts are constructed and assembled substantially as described, the screw may be turned by a screw-driver operated from the front end of the saddle, and as it is turned it draws the block 0 toward the front ends of the arms a a or permits it to move away from them, thereby tightening or loosening the seat.

The principal function of the yoke-bar D is to prevent the spreading apart of the arms b b and a a, and therefore any mechanical device for accomplishing that work is to that extent its equivalent; but the ends a a and the arms a a may be made of one piece, bent as shown in Fig. 5. In this construction the head of the screw abuts againsta yoke-piece which is integral with the ends, and the said integral yoke-piece prevents the spreading apart of the arms, or instead of either construction described a band D may encircle both arms a a near their front ends, as shown in Fig. 5, and prevent their separation. In such construction a screw would pass between the ends a. a and the head of the screw would bear against them. The band D would of course only be used when the two ends a a were separated, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 and as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5, and not when they are integral with each other, as shown by full lines in Fig. 5.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a bicycle-saddle, the combination of a rear seat-support having two parallel arms, the front ends of which are provided with eyes, and a block movable upon said arms, with a front seat-support having two parallel arms which pass backward through said eyes and are connected with said block, means for preventing the spreading of said parallel arms, an adjustment-screw which engages in a threaded hole in said block, and an abutment for the head of said screw, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a bicycle-saddle, the combination of a rear seat-support having parallel arms the ends of which are bent toward each other and are provided with eyes, and a sliding block lying between said arms, and having grooves in its sides to receive said arms, with a front seat-support having two parallel arms which pass backward through said eyes and enter sockets in said block, a yoke to prevent the spreading of said parallel arms, a screw which engages in a threaded opening in said block, and an abutment for the head of said screw, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a bicycle-saddle, the combination of a rear seat-support having two parallel arms,

the front ends of which are turned toward each other and are provided with eyes, a sliding block lying between said arms, and a yokebar lying against the front ends of said arms, with a front seat-support having two parallel arms which passbackward through holes in the yoke-bar and through the said eyes and enter sockets in the sliding block, and a screw which passes through a hole in said yoke-bar and engages in a threaded opening in said block, and has a head which abuts against the front side of said yoke-bar, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. ARTHUR L. Vitnesses:

P. H. BoYNroN, FRED N. SMITH.

lARFORD. 

